Gradient Descent – Teaching Your Network to Learn from Its Mistakes

By Christopher Miller

Remember when we talked about loss functions being like a strict teacher with a red pen? Well, now we need to figure out what the student does with all that feedback. That’s where gradient descent comes in—it’s the study plan that turns harsh criticism into actual improvement. by Christopher Miller

This article was originally published in the June 2026 issue of PHP Architect magazine. To read the complete article please subscribe or purchase the complete issue.